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Old 02-28-22, 02:37 PM   #1366
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So WHO gave him permission to just willy nilly launch a freaking WAR?
well even in the U.S., POTUS could not just wake up one day and order a full on strike for the hell of it. If it was not justifiable, you can be sure the 25th amendment would be invoked rather quickly.

In the USSR, based on Cold War documents which come out periodically, you can see there were a lot of safeguards put in and the military had to basically sign off on the order.

I would presume the same safeguards still exist.
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Old 02-28-22, 02:41 PM   #1367
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If I was 30 years younger?
I'd join the Ukraine Foreign Legions!

Hell. I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion when I left the 82nd.
They had something back then that stopped that.
If I recall right? I couldn't speak French.
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Old 02-28-22, 02:42 PM   #1368
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A change from the bad news....the Ukrainian navy are reporting that the Border guards who defended Snake Island from Zmiinyi army, alive and in captivity.
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Old 02-28-22, 02:44 PM   #1369
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Worldwide action on Russia's treasury:

Russian central bank shut down
Russia's huge gold and foreign exchange reserves are probably Putin's most important trump card, but now he has to worry about it. The West cuts the Russian central bank's access to assets - a historic act with devastating effects.

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re: Russia's central Bank.

The Gold is safe because most/all of it is physically in Russia, but it cannot be sold quickly.

The problem is that a lot of the foreign reserves, Euros and U.S. Dollars are held in or owed by Western Banks. Those are now frozen and cannot be used to buy Rubles and prop up its value.

Very effective short term, but the long term effect will be that both Russia and China will try to switch to the Chinese Renminbi and away from Euros/Dollars.
Von C's rule 1: In all things B very strong"; meets "dinero es la sinews of guerra"! That said, Russian invasion vehicles are running out of gas...as Moscow turns to cryto-currency...and starts trying to buy gold...
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I am SO gonna love it when they go on TV at some point.
Soviet Ship. Go ******* yourself!
THAT has to rate right up there with "Nuts!"
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Old 02-28-22, 02:48 PM   #1371
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I am SO gonna love it when they go on TV at some point.
Soviet Ship. Go ******* yourself!
THAT has to rate right up there with "Nuts!"
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Old 02-28-22, 02:53 PM   #1372
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Just a handful at present but if this is replicated across other countries the numbers could soon become more significant.
It's not only Ukrainian from Europe who want to take the trip home, so they can defend their country Even other European are interested.

The Ukrainian defence minister said that they would create a brigrade of foreigners who take part in the war.

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Old 02-28-22, 02:54 PM   #1373
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Battle of the Bulge.

American Declares Independence in 1776.
Facing the GREATEST Military Power in the World at that time?
The people (Sorry Jim) whooped British arse!
The Brits tried it again in the War of 1812 and AGAIN got sent home.
AGAIN the Greatest Military Power in the World at that time!

To be the Greatest does not mean you win.
Japan had no serious plans to invade the USA. They knew they would never pull it off!
Germany tried to get Mexico on board to attack us. Refusing to do that is probably why Texas doesn't extend to Panama.

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Old 02-28-22, 03:10 PM   #1374
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Yer a day late and a surmise short! We'll know for sure when China moves on Taiwan...in a carefully crafted two-front assault on the so-called World Order.That actually began with the unopposed takeover of Tibet in the '50's. It's a repeat of 1939; with a Sino-Soviet Axis against increasingly resolute Allies all over again. Everybody's got nukes...let's play and get this over with once and for all. At least a nuclear winter will resolve the global warming problem-if not the Covid Pandemic!??
I know China has a war games training going on or coming up, but it doesn't seem to have the components to invade. I assume we would know where China would be building invasion forces up, so where is this? I've been too worried about Putin pushing buttons and getting my early crops in to study the China issue. Ole Bear even helping me dig a deeper hole with my old John Deere. I do have a bunker actually but it's full of all my wife's junk and I'd rather get nuked than have to clean it out. I wonder when the nukes fly if she will finally admit she was wrong to use it as a junk she shed. Be nice to at least be told I was right once before I'm vaporized.
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Old 02-28-22, 03:12 PM   #1375
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The Ukrainian defence minister said that they would create a brigrade of foreigners who take part in the war.
Let me know when they start a Cyber Attack Force!
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Old 02-28-22, 03:25 PM   #1376
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I hear a lot of thunder in my latest yt video I posted one page back.

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Old 02-28-22, 03:38 PM   #1377
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Let me know when they start a Cyber Attack Force!
Thought you already did something
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tass-s...us-lie-message
Tried TASS this morning and site was down, but this message did not appear yet, at the time.
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Old 02-28-22, 03:44 PM   #1378
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If I gave information?
The FBI or Home Land would be knocking on my door!
THAT would just complicate things better left alone.
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Putin and nukes.

Throughout the day I've been thinking on a scene from a documentary called WW3 (it's available on yt)

Soviet is under heavy pressure-NATO has taken most of Poland, Romania and other vasal states.

In an effort to get NATO to leave, Soviet send a 50 kiloton nuke into the sea about 50 nm from the English coast

Could Putin be thinking the same-Send a nuke away and let it explode in a non-populated area ? Example in the middle of the Atlantic ?

Another thing.
Putin has threaten Denmark and Sweden, after they decided to provide Ukraine with weapons.

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At all. Such souls - immediately in Hell!!!
Yes. "Putin's war criminals will go straight to hell, no purgatory."
U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said as he addressed russian Vassily Nebenzia, during an emergency meeting held by the U.N. Security Council.
You have been brainwashed for decades by your state-controlled media. Look into the mirror and THINK.
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